AMCP, a professional association that says it is leading the way to help patients get the medications they need at a cost they can afford, has named Phil Bongiorno as its new vice president, policy & government relations, it was reported yesterday.
In the new role, Bongiorno will manage the company's many advocacy efforts to advance managed care pharmacy principles and practices through health care legislation and regulation at both the federal and state levels.
Bongiorno has more than 20 years of health care association leadership experience. Prior to joining AMCP, he was the executive director of the Home Care Association of America since 2014 and was responsible for the association's overall operations, including strategic planning, financial management, membership development, education, advocacy, and public affairs. Prior experience includes serving as director of government relations for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, senior director of government relations at the American Academy of Audiology, head of federal affairs and public health and scientific affairs at the College of American Pathologists, and director of the American Public Health Association. Bongiorno earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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